Rating System
There are three types of ratings that a book will be given in a review on Library of Angels
Spice Rating
I like my books spicy! There’s nothing like falling in love with the morally grey main character. The dirtier their mouth, the better!
Some books that I would consider five star spicy reads in the dark romance realm are:
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert
Unhallowed by Shae Ruby
Goodreads Rating
I use Goodreads to track the following:
TBR
reading challenges for the year
notes/ highlights as I am reading a book
ratings of books I have read
Books that have a five star rating AND a review on Goodreads:
Sovereign by Raya Morris Edwards
Wicked by Amo Jones
Overall Rating
The overall rating method as well as my spice rating method will be added to blog reviews given directly on Library of Angels.
It differs slightly from the reading that I use on Goodreads so please review the difference if you are interested in putting in an interview request.
Library of Angels Reviews Coming Soon.
Spice Rating
SMUT, SMUT, SMUT! I would give a book a 5 star spice rating if majority (75%) of the book contains sexually explicit content.
Romance with 5-10 smutty/ spicy scenes or mentions of spicy things.
Romance with 3-5 smutty/ spicy scenes or mentions of spicy things.
Romance with very limited sex scenes. These books will primarily focus on kissing and caressing.
Romance books that have a focus on fade-to-black scenes.
Goodreads Rating
The book gave me visceral reactions. I gasped, laughed, stopped cooking to process (lol!) or cried! it evoked lots of emotions! I felt annoyed, angry, stunned, etc. The book would have had me hooked to get a 5 star rating on goodreads! This would be a book that I would recommend or read again.
Romance book that was super intriguing. It had my attention for the most part, but I was not entirely hooked.
The book was enjoyable, but I either did not connect with the plot or the characters throughout the storyline.
The plot was missing a hook factor. I may have contemplated putting this down or stopping midway.
DNF.
Overall Rating
10/10 read. Spice hit on all levels. Plot had me absolutely hooked. Happy to add this to my end of year ‘5 star’ list. Very likely a book that I would recommend frequently if asked about the category that it falls under.
Very enjoyable and memorable, but reactions it evoked were semi-underwhelming. Might have been lacking in either spice or plot.
The book was enjoyable, but it may have been lacking in both spice and plot.
Not my favorite story. I probably finished this just because.
Book did not do it for me at all. I probably put this on my TBRL - To Be Read Later. I have a really hard time DNF-ing books which is why I created the TBRL (lolllll).